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I think I still have MSDOS 5.0 on 5¼ floppies somewhere if anyone really hates themselves that much...

Wet shaving does take a bit more time, especially in the beginning. However, as it is now, with a safety razor, I can scrape the wirelike stubble off my neck in about two minutes from wetting the brush to applying aftershave. With practice, time isn't such a factor. Straight razor...

As for why, I suspect there is a lot to do with the glycerine byproduct of soap making. When you chemically alter fatty acids to make soap, glycerine comes out as a byproduct. Notably not as much when shaving soap uses a lot of pure stearic acid. However, from experience with Creamo vs. a good...

Fahrenheit was based off of water, ice, and salt mixture (0°), water and ice (32°) and body heat (96°). Why he chose those numbers and substances is anyone's guess. But, he named it, so he got to choose. Centigrade is based off water. Kelvin and Rankine off the temperature at which all...

That is some very colorful soap!

I am glad your soap turned out well. Hot process is great for quick soap that unmolds fast. Also, it eliminates the "disappearing fragrance" and colors don't change due to lye reactions. I'm sorry you had a bad experience with the forum. I think you'll find that if you ignore some of the...

Creamo is OK if you just slather it on and don't lather it at all. It is nowhere near as good as a high quality shave soap with a decent brush. Try this: 50% stearic acid 48% coconut oil 2% castor oil Use 100% KOH. (Note: most KOH is 90% pure, so take that into consideration) Generally I do...

So. After doing more reading, does just dissolving the soap in alcohol, sugar water or whatnot make it transparent, given the correct oils? Is it acceptable to dissolve a HP soap with 99% isopropyl to make it pourable, and wait for the alcohol to cure out? Solvents and soap are now making me...

I am guessing here, but... My most popular recipe is 49% CO, 49% lard and 2% castor oil. 5% superfat in soap calc. Not reserving any oils, just heat them, mix lye in and cook. My lye concentration is 30%. These bars are very hard and stay quite nice in the shower. So..it might be your...

I scaled it down. Converted °B to specific gravity and did the calcs for %lye. Ran it through soap calc. It made soap, but its not fit to shave with.

https://books.google.com/books?id=0KIIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA519#v=onepage&q&f=false Look for "Paris transparent shaving soap" Page 519ish

Well...I am on Tapatalk. No links at the bottom of the page.. ;)

Thanks for the references! Also, thanks for the info. I didn't realize the sugar solution was a solvent. Interesting.

Thanks for all the information and enlightenment. I learned something!

Well, I tried some and it is transparent for sure. Also very liquid. Didn't work the way I thought. We will see if the water evaporates and it congeals after a few weeks. Is the sugar necessary? The recipe I tried didn't mention sugar. Maybe that's the downfall?

Is there such a thing? Is there any better way of having a nice almond scent in soaps? I can't find any almond EO locally and have trouble buying FOs that actually smell like what they say they do.

So, I saw some youtube videos where they made transparent soap. Looked like normal hot process, but they mixed it with alcohol and glycerin. Does this work with about any recipe or do you need the correct oils? Any place I can find some more info on this process?

Nope. Not me. I prefer not to publicize my (at times rather entertaining) ineptitude. [emoji16]

Ever notice family are the ones that treat you like crap? Tell them to pound sand.

FYI, 1lb cottage cheese (sour cream, yogurt etc) containers are perfect for shaving soap. They hold enough to make it past the second apocalypse from now and are wide enough to easily load the brush. Not the most glamorous solution, but highly functional.